Mark Carnevale (1999) - JMU Athletics Hall of Fame - James Madison University Athletics

Mark Carnevale

Induction:
1999
Class:
1982

Carnevale had an impressive career as an undergraduate golfer at JMU, and he has enjoyed continued success competing in the sport professionally.

While with the Dukes, Carnevale was the individual champion at the 1979 Governors' Classic and at the 1982 JMU Spring Invitational. After graduating in 1982 with a major in marketing and a minor in economics, he briefly pursued a brokerage career but soon decided to play golf professionally. He won the 1984 Virginia State Open and the 1990 Utah Open, and he qualified for the Professional Golfers' Association Tour in 1991. Playing at the sport's highest level, he won the 1992 Chattanooga Classic and that year was named the PGA Tour and Rolex/Golf Digest Rookie of the Year.

The Williamsburg, Va., native tied for second place at the 1994 GTE Byron Nelson Classic, was fifth at the 1994 Buick Invitational, was 13th at the 1993 Buick Southern Open, and tied for 14th at the 1993 Kemper Open. He competed on the Nike Tour in 1997 and won the Empire Open and had nine other top-10 finishes while leading the tour in earnings for 17 consecutive weeks. He returned to the PGA Tour in 1998.